Mar 16, 2004

Our little corner of the world makes national headlines

For almost a year, the much traveled the southern part of route 23 and I 270 has been fodder for the sniper, who not only took pot shots at vehicles on I 270, killing two women, but also began to target area businesses, homes and local school yards. Finding the individual or individuals responsible may put some of our fears at rest, but the information that some of the incidents could be due to copycat shooters is not so comforting.

Investigators in Ohio Identify Sniper Suspect [ AKA the I 270 Sniper]
By SABRINA TAVERNISE

Published: March 16, 2004
New York Times Online

The police in Columbus, Ohio, issued a warrant yesterday for the arrest of a suspect in a series of sniper shootings, one fatal, along highways in Ohio in the past year.The warrant charges the suspect, Charles A. McCoy Jr., with felonious assault in a Dec. 15 shooting that damaged a house in Franklin Township, said Detective James C. Clark Jr. of the Franklin County sheriff's office.

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